.... There is nothing wrong in saying you think halal meat should be labeled – although I think claiming it was ‘the issue which most preoccupies the French’ was both eccentric and divisive. However it seems that Giesbert was incorrect to claim Christmas had been replaced by Winter in the name of a festival in Amiens in order to pander to Muslims.
The writer ends by bemoaning the fact the silent majority of Muslims don’t do more to differentiate themselves from the radicals. But this kind of tendentious piece is probably going to alienate many reform-minded Muslims – make them feel their priority should be standing up for their co-religionists rather than speaking out against the extremists. [Harry’s Place] Read more
